quaviver

[Representing an Italian acqua viper a, shortened in French to quavivre, and after further to vivre or vive.] [WYVERN.] The weever (q. v.). "A little fish in the form of a scorpion, and of the size of the fish quaviver ."- Bailey : Erasmus' Colloquies , p. 393. For the full history of the word see Notes and Queries , (6th Ser.), ix. 390. quay (as kē), *kay, *keie, tkey, *keye, s . [О. Fr. quay (Fr. quai ), of Celtic origin from Bret. kaé = an inclosure; Welsh cae .] A landing-place; a wharf projecting into a stream, harbor, or basin, to which ve els are moored for the purpose of receiving and delivering freight. "What a concourse swarms on yonder quay ." Gray: Epistle vi. queen *queach, *queich, s . [QUITCH.] A thick bushy plot; a quickset hedge. "The fortre es Of thorniest queaches ." Chapman: Homer's Hymne to Pan. *queach, *queatche, *quecchen, v . i . & t . [A.S. cweccan .] A. In trans.: To stir, to move. B. Trans.: To move, to shake. *queach-ỹ (1), *queach-le, a. [Eng. queach , subst.; -y.] Thick, bushy. "Queachie bushes to defende Him from Apollo's sight." Turberville: All Things hath Release, .